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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Spouse ever twisted her arm or pulled her hair (B_DVPTWIST)

Data file: NGA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1110
End: 1110
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1306A. (Does/did) your (last) husband ever do any of the following things to you:

a) slap you?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B a)
NO 2

b) twist your arm or pull your hair?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B b)
NO 2

c) push you, shake you, or throw something at you?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B c)
NO 2

d) punch you with his fist or with something that could hurt you?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B d)
NO 2

e) kick you, drag you or beat you up?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B e)
NO 2

f) try to choke you or burn you on purpose?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B f)
NO 2

g) threaten or attack you with a knife, gun, or any other weapon?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B g)
NO 2

h) physically force you to have sexual intercourse with him even when you did not want to?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B h)
NO 2

i) force you to perform any sexual acts you did not want to?

YES 1 (GO TO 1306B i)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
1 Yes
0 No
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and were ever married or lived with a man, DVPTWIST (D105J) indicates whether the woman's husband/partner ever twisted her arm or pulled her hair.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Domestic violence from partner/husband Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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